Posts tagged Russia

MOSCOW: A Russian transgender woman is being sentenced to three years in a men’s prison on child pornography charges for posting several Japanese manga cartoons …

Australia is the 17th safest country for LGBT travellers according to new research, ahead of the United States but behind Canada, the United Kingdom and …

A service station in Russia got more than it bargained for this week when men donned bikinis and fancy two-pieces to take advantage of a …

A petition has been launched to free two gay Saudi journalists, who have been detained in Australia after seeking asylum in the country. Brian Greig …

Screen Australia aims to inspire, inform and engage screen audiences through compelling Australian storytelling, and this week they have announced $2 million in production funding for …

A Russian man is demanding one million rubles ($22,800 AUD) in damages from Apple, claiming that an iPhone app has turned him gay, according to …

The Council of Europe has tackled Chechen officials over the detention, torture and murder of gay people in the Russian republic. Frank Schwabe, a member …

As many as 40 people are feared to have been detained in a new wave of the crackdown, which is believed to have begun in December 2016.

Children’s drawings were confiscated from a school by police in response to complaints from parents they promoted homosexuality. The art competition was held in recognition of International Day of Tolerance.

The OSCE report describes the systematic harassment, abuse, detention, torture, disappearance, rape, murder, and execution of LGBTI citizens in the Chechen Republic, a federal subject of Russia, since December 2016.